Does foreign aid crowd out government investments? Evidence from rural health centres in Rwanda

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Lu, Chunling ^a,b   Cook, Benjamin ^c   Desmond, Chris ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^d HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

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EID: 85060900517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000364     Document Type: Article

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